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Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Cryptococcus albidus pneumonia : case report and review of the literature

Burnik, C ; Altintas, N D ; Ozkaya, G LU ; Serter, T ; Selçuk, Z T ; Firat, P ; Arikan, S ; Cuenca-Estrella, M and Topeli, A (2007) In Medical Mycology 45(5). p.73-469
Abstract

Although cryptococcal infections due to Cryptococcus neoformans are frequently reported in the immunosuppressed patients, infections related to other Cryptococcus spp. are rarely reported. We are reporting a case of pulmonary infection and ARDS due to C. albidus in a patient receiving immunosuppressive therapy because of Still's disease. The diagnosis was made by tissue biopsy and culture. The patient responded to treatment with amphotericin B lipid complex 400 mg/day. The case is significant in that it reminds of yeasts as a cause of community acquired infection in the immunosuppressed patients.

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Adult, Amphotericin B/therapeutic use, Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use, Biopsy, Cryptococcosis/complications, Cryptococcus/classification, Drug Combinations, Humans, Lung/microbiology, Male, Phosphatidylcholines/therapeutic use, Phosphatidylglycerols/therapeutic use, Pneumonia/complications, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult/drug therapy
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Medical Mycology
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45
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5
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5 pages
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Oxford University Press
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  • pmid:17654275
  • scopus:34547604848
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1369-3786
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10.1080/13693780701386015
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English
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  author       = {{Burnik, C and Altintas, N D and Ozkaya, G and Serter, T and Selçuk, Z T and Firat, P and Arikan, S and Cuenca-Estrella, M and Topeli, A}},
  issn         = {{1369-3786}},
  keywords     = {{Adult; Amphotericin B/therapeutic use; Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use; Biopsy; Cryptococcosis/complications; Cryptococcus/classification; Drug Combinations; Humans; Lung/microbiology; Male; Phosphatidylcholines/therapeutic use; Phosphatidylglycerols/therapeutic use; Pneumonia/complications; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult/drug therapy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{73--469}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Medical Mycology}},
  title        = {{Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Cryptococcus albidus pneumonia : case report and review of the literature}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13693780701386015}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/13693780701386015}},
  volume       = {{45}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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